Event Gallery: New England Dragway's 2010 Dragin' in the '50s ShowBy Brian Lohnes Posted 08/31/2010
We were in the mood to see some neato nostalgia drag racing recently, so we gave our wife the day off, loaded up the kiddos and headed to the local strip. Luckily for us, New England Dragway was holding one of their yearly nostalgia races called... Read More >
Drag Gallery: A Day at the Digs from Houston Motorsports ParkBy Brian Lohnes -- Photos by Charles Wickam Posted 08/4/2010
Our Texas based photo correspondent Charles Wickam has been a busy dude. Recently he went and took a shop tour at the School of Automotive Machinists and he also attended the drags at Houston Motorsports Park. You'll see the shop tour in the coming days. Today we decided to... Read More >
Event Coverage: The 9th Annual Englishtown Funny Car Reunion and Old Time DragsBy Brian Lohnes -- Photos by Joe Grippo Posted 07/28/2010
The Funny Car Reunion and Old Time Drags are events that simply have to be taken in. Held each summer at Raceway Park in Englishtown, New Jersey, it draws all of the strongest nostalgia Funny Cars from the central and eastern US. Outside of the floppers there is a huge car show and lots of other nostalgia drag racing action. Like... Read More >
Event Coverage: Power Hot Rod Reunion in Malmby SwedenBy Chad Reynolds Photos by Jobergg Posted 07/27/2010
When our favorite Swedish BangShifter, Jobergg, told us that he had photos and video from the Power Hot Rod Reunion in Sweden, we just couldn't pass them up. When you look at the Swedes and what kind of cars they build, it just blows away all but the most hardcore Americans. Seriously, as far as the Swedes are concerned, everything should have a blow big block! You won't believe... Read More >
Huge Event Gallery: The 2010 ADRL UTI Texas DragsBy Brian Lohnes - Photos by Charles Wickam Posted 07/25/2010
Last weekend's ADRL UTI Texas Drags produced some big elapsed times, big wreckage, and inundated the fine people at Houston Raceway Park with big horsepower. Our man Charles Wickam was on the scene shooting great photos all weekend. We've compiled them into a mega gallery of... Read More >
Video: We get Terminal Velocity Jet Car running 202 in the 1/8th By Chad Reynolds Posted 07/19/2010
While we were at the Mooneyes Summer Car show, we had the chance to shoot video of the Terminal Velocity Jet Dragster running down Irwindale's 1/8 mile dragstrip. It ran 3.96 at 202 in the 1/8th mile twice in a row. You can't believe the heat that comes off the back of this thing when... Read More >
Event Coverage: The New England Dragway All-Truck Nationals 2010By Brian Lohnes Posted 07/19/2010
After spending about 15 hours at New England Dragway announcing a major event on Saturday, we were greeted at o'dark-thirty on Sunday by the sight of our two sons (3.5 yrs and 1.5 yrs) excitedly asking us if we were headed to the track for the All-Truck Nationals. As neither of them can read, we believe that the information about the event was forwarded to them. The guilty... Read More >
Event Coverage: Mooneyes Christmas Show in JulyBy Chad Reynolds Posted 07/19/2010
It's not often that Christmas comes in July, but in 2010 that is exactly what happened. The reason is because the Mooneyes Christmas Show 2009 got rained out like a mother. So Mooneyes decided to move the Christmas Show to July, when they normally have their big open house, and we were there to catch all the action through video and photos. The cool part is... Read More >
Event Gallery: The York US30 Reunion and Muscle Car Madness ShowBy Brian Lohnes Photos by Joe Grippo Posted 07/15/2010
One of the coolest and most action packed weekends of nostalgia drag racing happens each July in Pennsylvania. The York US30 Dragstrip Reunion and the Muscle Car Madness Car Show make up a one two punch of coolness that rivals any other nostalgia event in the country. Luckily for us Joe Grippo was on the scene for the show and the drags and sent us more than 300 photos of... Read More >
Event Coverage: Geezers at the Grove 2010By Brian Lohnes Posted 07/6/2010
Our man Joe Grippo was on the scene for the "Geezers Reunion" which went down July 2-3, 2010 at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, PA. The race is one of the biggest and most ambitious self produced nostalgia drag races held around the country. The size and... Read More >
Wrap Up: BangShift.com's 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion CoverageBy Brian Lohnes Posted 06/22/2010
The dust has settled, our clothes don't smell like nitro anymore, and we're getting ready to repair a blown out flip flop. It's going to be tough to beat this year's wall-to-wall coverage. We posted thousands of photos, and one mother of a Cacklefest video. Hit the link to see all the coverage collected in one blog! Read More >
Video: Saturday's Cacklefest at the 2010 National Hot Rod Reunion with Bitchin' Garlits InterviewBy Chad Reynolds Posted 06/20/2010
Saturday at the 2010 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion was filled with tons of flat out bitchin' nostalgia drag racing, and the record crowds braved the heat and humidity all day to make sure they didn't miss a minute of the action. The pinnacle of the entire day, no the entire weekend, was... Read More >
Gallery: Saturday Car Show and Pit Action from the 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod ReunionBy Brian Lohnes, Photos by Charles Wickam Posted 06/20/2010
Saturday is the biggest day for both racers and car show participants at the Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green, Kentucky. With car show awards being handed out and final qualifying for the racing set, everyone is cleaning, thrashing, or otherwise obsessed with their stuff for the day. Charles Wickam was our roving man on the pit and car show beat on a steamy Kentucky Saturday at the event. He slayed the assignment, turning in nearly 400 photos! Read More >
Gallery: Wild Drag Strip Photos from Saturday at the 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod ReunionBy Brian Lohnes, Photos by Brian, Charles, and Chad Posted 06/20/2010
On Saturday morning there were hundreds of hopeful drag racers in the pits awaiting their shot a glory when eliminations rolled around at the 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green, Kentucky. By the end of the evening the classes had been halved and the cream was starting to rise to the top. Read More >
Gallery: Header Flames at the 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion CacklefestBy Brian Lohnes, Photos by Charles Wickam and Brian Lohnes Posted 06/20/2010
The highlight of every NHRA Hot Rod Reunion is the Saturday night Cacklefest. A living history tour of significant and cool drag race iron, the Cacklefest brings old nitro, gas, and alcohol burners to life in front of the crowd. Like every automotive escapade, there's some unofficial competition to see who can throw the biggest flames and who can run their motor just about to the point of melting down. As you'll see in the gallery, a few almost succeeded! Read More >
Gallery: Hemi Car Wheelie Action from the 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod ReunionBy Brian Lohnes Posted 06/20/2010
Charlie Westcott Jr vanquished the field at the Mopar Hemi Challenge, contested at the 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion. His infamous "War Fish" 1968 Plymouth Barracuda managed to out run David Barton in an exciting final round on Saturday. While Westcott Jr. may have won the event, the rest of the competitors put on one hell of an air show all weekend long. Here's a gallery of Hemis in flight! Read More >
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Event Coverage: 1,000 Photos from Friday at the 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod ReunionBy Brian Lohnes Posted 06/18/2010
Friday at the 2010 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion was hot as hell and the action on the track was equally as intense. The car show area was packed wall to wall with early arrivals to the action as well. We shot nearly 1,000 photos on Friday with the help of BangShift photo contributor Charles Wickam. We've got them... Read More >
Pure Hell AA/FA to be Part of Fuel Altered Match Race at 2010 Holley National Hot Rod ReunionBy Brian Lohnes Posted 06/15/2010
Pure Hell, one of the most fearsome, and feared AA/Fuel Altereds of the 1960's, will be at the 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion this weekend in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The car will be involved in a match race with another as-yet-unnamed AA/FA, which we think will be the Marcellus and Borsch Winged Express that will also be at the event. It's going to... Read More >
Spread the Word! BangShift.com Live Video of the 2010 Holley/NHRA National Hot Rod ReunionBy Brian Lohnes Posted 06/15/2010
BangShift.com will bring you live streaming video coverage of the Holley/NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green, Kentucky, June 18-20. We'll have photo coverage each day as well, with action from the strip and the car show. All this will be brought to you by Holley and MSD Ignition, but we need your... Read More >
Event Gallery: Eagle Field Fresno Dragways ReunionBy Brian Lohnes Photos By Jim Becker Posted 05/24/2010
We missed a truly kick-ass event last weekend at Eagle Field in Firebaugh, California. Luckily, BangShift.com reader Jim Becker was on hand and brought his camera. He took some great shots of the vintage drag iron in the pits and duking it out flag-start style on a makeshift drag strip. Talk about... Read More >
